# Eliot (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/eliot/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Elliot, Elliott, Eliott |
| US babies named this | 8,465 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,892 / 573 (7% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,087, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 5,601 |
| 2012 | 23 | 5,760 |
| 2013 | 29 | 4,798 |
| 2014 | 31 | 4,574 |
| 2015 | 26 | 5,169 |
| 2016 | 28 | 4,896 |
| 2017 | 32 | 4,424 |
| 2018 | 36 | 4,022 |
| 2019 | 27 | 4,945 |
| 2020 | 25 | 5,057 |
| 2021 | 18 | 6,475 |
| 2022 | 6 | 14,075 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,513 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,541 |
| 2025 | 19 | 6,182 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 178 | 1,060 |
| 2012 | 216 | 943 |
| 2013 | 199 | 995 |
| 2014 | 192 | 1,043 |
| 2015 | 176 | 1,101 |
| 2016 | 163 | 1,173 |
| 2017 | 173 | 1,114 |
| 2018 | 183 | 1,080 |
| 2019 | 160 | 1,195 |
| 2020 | 152 | 1,234 |
| 2021 | 152 | 1,257 |
| 2022 | 142 | 1,323 |
| 2023 | 138 | 1,360 |
| 2024 | 139 | 1,359 |
| 2025 | 130 | 1,403 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 41 | 759 |
| 2012 | 35 | 866 |
| 2013 | 36 | 837 |
| 2014 | 36 | 837 |
| 2015 | 33 | 903 |
| 2016 | 31 | 946 |
| 2017 | 30 | 996 |
| 2018 | 25 | 1,097 |
| 2019 | 23 | 1,152 |
| 2020 | 20 | 1,273 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,290 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1,268 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,517 |
| 2025 | 28 | 1,066 |

## People named Eliot

- Alvin Eliot Roth, American economist, professor
- Eliot Spitzer, 54th Governor of New York from 2007 to 2008
- Eliot Vassamillet, Belgian singer
- John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor
- Eliot Ness, American Prohibition agent (1903-1957)
- Eliot Engel, American politician (1947 – 2026)
- Eliot Higgins, British citizen journalist and former blogger
- Eliot Sumner, British musician
- Eliot Matazo, Belgian association football player
- Éliot Grondin, Canadian snowboarder
- Charles Eliot Norton, American art historian (1827-1908)
- Eliot Teltscher, American tennis player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.